A few weeks ago we lost 2 of our 3 babies. Our Silver Appleyard is very broody. We gave her a few fake eggs to sit on. We do have eggs in the incubator on day 14 now. Planing on putting then in while she is taking her short stretch We are hoping she will take the babies in as her own. Wanted to...
We tried the sling after putting the tendon back in place and hand feeding but sadly she passed away a short time ago. We know it is best for her she was so sweet.
Baby is 4 days old now. Not sure if it's splayed leg or not. Any input please. She will drink if I hold her up. She ate a little scrambled egg. She moves around on her side using her good leg.
Day 19 3 had already hatched. 5 more hatched out today. Still waiting to see what happens with the last 2. So happy out of 12 I have 8 little babies already.
Batch 1 went in to lock down today. Candled before putting them in. All are still moving, now for the longest 3 days of the hatch.
ScarlettGirl11 Glad to hear you didn't have any power outages. We had 5 days of storms hope for no outages here either.
I started Oct 1st with 12 barnyard mix from my own trio. 2 hens 1 roo. So far 1 not fertile, lost one early on. So far the other 10 are developing just fine. Today a I started 12 RIR shipped eggs and 12 barnyard mixed also shipped. 4 of my own bantam.can't wait to see the out come.
I am using...
My first hatch ever. I had an Aunt who always had a incubator going when I was younger. I remember thinking how can they live in there. Well many years latter I wanted my kids to see it. We just bought a place when we can have chickens. I got a barnyard mix from eBay of 16 eggs. 11 Hatches for...